Holy crap! Look at the picture file name! 
HARNESSED: Renee Goodwin (front center) and other students take part in Tai Chi/Qui Gong classes at Tyler Kung Fu & Fitness. (Photos By: D.J. Peters)
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EAST TEXANS FIND BALANCE
IN ANCIENT ART OF QUI GONG
In the horse stance, feet far apart and squatting as if sitting on an imaginary stool, the Sifu tells Tricia Eason, along with the rest of the Tai Chi/Qui Gong class, to breath in and then release sinking lower into the stance.
Mrs. Eason does it with no pain in her expression, which some would say is amazing since she has fibromyalgia. Edit: That is amazing because she has fibromyalgia!
Just months earlier, Mrs. Eason’s legs were weak with Charlie horse-like pain and had no balance or strength.
“It felt like my muscles were stretched and tied into a knot, like a rope,” she said, explaining the phosphate calcium lumps that were devouring her muscles.
Her shoulders and neck would lock up, too.
“I had stopped breathing normally because I was bracing myself against the pain,” she said. “I held myself rigid but I didn’t notice because it happened slowly over the past four years.”
Mrs. Eason has been taking Tai Chi classes at Tyler Kung Fu & Fitness and recently she has been learning Qui Gong, (sometimes spelled Qigong and pronounce chi kung), the internal art of creating and harnessing energy.
The slow-moving strengthening exercise that focuses on breathing has reduced the pain and stiffness in her muscles.
“All the things we do in class are the activities I needed,” she said.
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“Qui Gong appeals to people who are not interested in the martial arts aspect,” he said. Edit: Hippies.
Full article at
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=1994&dept_id=227937&newsid=13808931&PAG=461&rfi=9
Can’t deny that I’d do it when I’m old and too crippled for contact sparring.
Which should be a few more years.